Vine provides the first dedicated account of the literary and intellectual lives of the merchants of 17th-century Britain. Drawing on methods in book history, and presenting a series of examples chosen to survey the range of merchants' literary interests, the book offers a major new account of 'knowledge-making' in the early modern period.
Vine provides the first dedicated account of the literary and intellectual lives of the merchants of 17th-century Britain. Drawing on methods in book history, and presenting a series of examples chosen to survey the range of merchants' literary interests, the book offers a major new account of 'knowledge-making' in the early modern period.
DR ANGUS VINE is Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Stirling. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of the seventeenth century, with interests in book history, history of information, global history, and the material text, as well as in textual editing. He took his BA, MA, MPhil, and PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge, and held posts at the University of Cambridge (200509) and the University of Sussex (200911) before taking up his present position. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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Introduction: The Merchant's Two Cultures 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant's Life 4: Lewes Roberts's Map of Commerce 5: Walter Mountfort's Salty Defence 6: Nathaniel Brading's Travelling Library 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary 8: James Boevey's Active Philosophy Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility
Introduction: The Merchant's Two Cultures 1: Accounts, Merchants, and the Material Book 2: An Album at Isfahan, a London Collection, and Three Cornish Miscellanies 3: Documents of a Turkey Merchant's Life 4: Lewes Roberts's Map of Commerce 5: Walter Mountfort's Salty Defence 6: Nathaniel Brading's Travelling Library 7: Marmaduke Rawdon, Merchant Antiquary 8: James Boevey's Active Philosophy Coda:: Knowledge in Transition: Merchants and Mobility
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